16:20 Nottingham

Wednesday 12 April 2017

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Off time: 16:25 | Winning time: 1m 44.90s

1^st

(3)

Cosmic Ray

58-8

11/2

T: J L EyreJ: P Hanagan

Raced keenly, tracked leaders on inside, went 2nd inside final furlong, stayed on to lead final strides tchd 6/1

2^nd

nse

(5)

Scribner Creek

48-13

8/1

T: D M LoughnaneJ: R Winston

Held up in mid-division, headway chasing leaders 2f out, stayed on strongly inside final furlong, just failed

3^rd

(2)

Fantasy Gladiator

119-0

4/1

T: M ApplebyJ: S De Sousa

Held up towards rear, steady headway on inside over 2f out, chased leaders 2f out, soon ridden, not much room over 1f out, stayed on under pressure inside final furlong, went 3rd post op 6/1 tchd 7/2

4^th

(12)

Adventureman

58-10

20/1

T: Mrs R CarrJ: J Garritty

Led, ridden over 1f out, stayed on well until headed and lost places last strides op 22/1 tchd 16/1

5^th

(1)

Fire Tree

49-7

5/2f

T: C FellowesJ: S Donohoe

Slowly into stride, soon recovered chasing leaders on inside, pushed along over 3f out, outpaced inside final 2f, rallied inside final furlong, stayed on, never quite finding pace to challenge tchd 9/4 and tchd 11/4

6^th

1 ½

(8)

Bling King

88-12

12/1

T: G A HarkerJ: P Makin

Held up in mid-division, headway and switched right over 1f out, soon ridden and stayed on steadily inside final furlong, never going pace to reach leaders op 10/1

7^th

(6)

Stoneboat Bill

59-0

8/1

T: D CarrollJ: Neil Farley

Held up in last pair, headway on inside over 1f out, stayed on steadily inside final furlong, never going pace to reach leaders tchd 10/1

8^th

(14)

Candesta

79-1

33/1

T: Miss J FeildenJ: Shelley Birkett (3)

Chased leader, pushed along over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, lost 2nd inside final furlong, weakened well inside final furlong

9^th

2 ¾

(10)

Walking In Rhythm

48-11

25/1

T: B LeavyJ: Hollie Doyle (3)

Held up towards rear, never threatened op 33/1

10^th

2 ¼

(7)

Poppy Time

49-0

20/1

T: J M P EustaceJ: Ryan Tate

In touch, pushed along over 2f out, soon struggling

11^th

4 ½

(11)

Swiftee

48-11

50/1

T: I FurtadoJ: T Hamilton

Chased leaders on outside, pushed along over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, weakened 2f out op 33/1

12^th

1 ¾

(13)

Athollblair Boy

49-7

20/1

T: N TinklerJ: T Eaves

Took keen hold, held up and always in rear op 14/1

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Non-Runners

(4)

Transmitting¹⁷²

Weight: 9-4| Age: 4

T: E F Vaughan J: J P Spencer

(9)

So It's War²⁸

Weight: 9-2| Age: 6

T: K Dalgleish J: Connor Beasley

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£6.40Pl:£2.60, £2.70, £1.20EX:£55.80Trifecta:£375.00Tricast:£171.38SF:£42.80Swingers:£7.30, £3.90, £6.40

Forecasts

Fire Tree (5/2), Fantasy Gladiator (4/1), Cosmic Ray (11/2), Transmitting (6/1), Scribner Creek (8/1), Stoneboat Bill (8/1), Bling King (12/1), So It's War (12/1), Adventureman (20/1), Poppy Time (20/1), Athollblair Boy (20/1), Walking In Rhythm (25/1), Candesta (33/1), Swiftee (50/1)

A wide open low grade handicap. Chelmsford winner Scribner Creek is an unknown on grass, and it will be interesting to see how he fares with the surface switch. Bling King has C&D winning form, but he's almost certainly had problems since then and this race looks definitive for his future career trajectory, whilst the likes of Athollblair Boy and So It's War haven't quite been up to winning down Newcastle's golden Tapeta highway. Therefore, the Pivotman angle is a good lead into this race with Stoneboat Bill much respected back from a break (with form closely tied up with Pivotman), who also saw off the selection COSMIC RAY by half a length at Leicester last week. Les Eyre is still getting to know this horse, and Paul Hanagan is a notable jockey booking.